For those millions of people who wear prescription eyeglasses, they know that they’re often a pretty sizeable investment. And at this time of year, a lot of people are looking at their health savings plans to budget for next year, and to use up the funds that they still have...

Earlier this month, Bavarian authorities in Germany revealed that they had confiscated nearly 1,500 works of great art, believed to be masterpieces looted by the Nazis during Hitler’s regime. The art, which include works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, and Otto Dix, were found in the private residence...

Gov. Scott Walker’s new book and several recent national media appearances is again firing up conjectures that he’s going to run for president in 2016. Walker’s book, “Unintimidated: A Governor’s Story and a Nation’s Challenge,” hit the shelves on Tuesday. It describes his battle with public-sector unions early in his...

While the sighting of two foxes on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus last week stirred up quite a bit of attention, one conservationist said such appearances are becoming more common, or at least “less uncommon.”
Stanley Temple, the Beers-Bascom Professor Emeritus in Conservation in the Department of Forest...

Language is a work in progress. Words enter and exit like actors on a stage, taking their moment in the limelight and then bowing out. Language-lover, proofreader and journalist Mark Forsyth has made it his mission to track down the lost and forgotten words of the English language. Some of...

A former British soldier and reporter tells the story of Marie Colvin, a woman who was described by her peers as "the greatest war correspondent of her generation." She was killed by a rocket attack while covering the Syrian civil war.

A battle in Washington, D.C., over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, continues to rage this week, leading many to be believe more turbulence is still ahead. Amid ongoing complaints about using the government-created website, U.S. House Republicans were joined by 39 Democrats to pass...

For those who are cash-strapped this holiday season, Eau Claire-based certified financial planner Kevin McKinley said layaway can be a great way to get a gift without being subject to rising prices -- but also take advantage of potential drops in prices. Modern layaway works the same way as it...

Democratic and Republican state lawmakers had differing opinions on Monday about Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to extend the BadgerCare program by three months for the approximately 70,000 Wisconsinites who might otherwise be left without health care on Jan. 1. Walker said that glitches in the federal insurance exchange website have...

State Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, said a Republican bill that offers more tax credits to people who restore historic buildings in Wisconsin amounts to a “big giveaway” and a “ridiculous gift” to wealthy property developers. The state Senate passed the bill last week by a vote of 31-2 with...

U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, “The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.”
Kevin Schoessow would agree with Roosevelt's sentiment. Schoessow is the University of Wisconsin Extension area agricultural development agent for Burnett, Washburn and Sawyer counties in northwestern Wisconsin. He received his B.S. in soil...

USA Today immigration reporter shares updates on immigration reform in the House after Speaker Boehner said earlier in the week that the House had no intention of voting on the Senate's comprehensive immigration bill.

The Wisconsin Assembly ended its final session of the year after contentious debate over bills regarding the state's election law. We'll discuss the bills passed, their chances in the senate and get your opinion.